User Manual

48 ARTURIA – Analog Laboratory – USER’S MANUAL
Key parameters
Each preset offers the four most pertinent parameters unique to that preset. Our sound
designers have taken the greatest care to assign parameters that will enrich and give
depth to the sound of each preset. In this way, only the parameters that are the most
beneficial when modifying/tweaking a given sound are available, facilitating the
production process.
To know which 4 parameters have been selected for each preset, one can simply point
the mouse over a Key Parameter knob and an information block will appear specifying
the parameter name.
5.4.7 FX MIX (Effects Mix)
Analog Laboratory also carries a simple yet efficient effects section. The two effects,
Chorus and Delay, are automatically synchronized to the tempo of a piece in the user’s
sequencer. If in spite of this the user wishes to access more advanced effects, they are
available in most sequencer programs (Cubase, Garage Band, Pro Tools, to name just a
few).
FX MIX
CHORUS The Chorus effect permits one to double and detune the sound in order to
make it deeper and richer. The Chorus Mix controls the amount of chorus
applied to the original sound, making it more wet or dry.
DELAY The Delay carries an echo effect (repetition of the sound) that gives space to
the tone. The speed of these repetitions is automatically synchronized to
MIDI tempo (the tempo of a song in the host sequencer). The user can
simply adjust the Delay Mix knob to control the quantity of the effect.
5.4.8 ADSR faders
The “ADSR” envelope is composed of four successive sequential periods in the life of a
note: Attack time, Decay time, Sustain level, and the Release time.
ATTACK Begins when a note is activated. The attack time may be short and dry (as
in percussion) or long and ascending (as with a pad sound).
DECAY Follows the Attack. The decay is a period in which the amplitude of the
sound is reduced to the sustain level.
SUSTAIN The sustain level of the note, as long as the note is active/held.